what happens in World's bedrooms?

Survey unveils what happens in bedrooms

Austrians love their bedrooms, but seldom make love in them. Malaysians often have sex in their bedrooms, but don’t get much sleep there. Those are two conclusions of Gallup International poll released on Tuesday by Swedish furniture giant Ikea.

The company wanted to know how frequently people in Europe, Asia and North America use their bedrooms for different activities, including sleep and romance.

In Sweden and Iceland, 72 per cent of respondents said they use their bedrooms for romantic endeavours, while in China, the figure was 20 per cent. All it said about North Americans was that about 20 per cent like to have sex outside the bedroom.

Malaysians were the most sexually active with 43 per cent having sex daily in their bedrooms. It was also the place were people sleep the least; six hours and 36 minutes, about half an hour less than the survey’s average.

Austrians ranked low in sexual activity, but were the most satisfied with their bedrooms, ahead of Belgians and Swiss. Russians were the least satisfied.

The survey was done in January and included 14,000 customers in 27 countries.

Spaniards and North Americans were most likely to keep their bedrooms private, while almost half of Chinese allowed their friends access.

Other survey facts: Threequarters make their bed daily; people who frequently change their mattresses have more sex; and the most common fixture of a bedroom is the alarm clock.